North Wexford 6th Dec

[trout hunter jnr]

People:Me the elder and good friend of ours, John

Duration:14:30 'til 18:30

Tide:Rising upon arrival

Weather:Windy but fishable by fish fanatics

Bait:Lug tipped with mack

Rigs:Homemade Rigs

Results:1 Lemon Sole 2 Flounder 2 Plaice 18 sand dab
4 rockling 2 whiting




Report:Had the dinner and headed off to a mark to meet blustery gales but were well prepared for them. 1st attempted cast rod broke luckily had a spare in jeep 1st cast a whiting and rockling but then we were in business

I reeled in a nice dab in fact very nice weighs 500 grams or 1.1 pounds. On the specimen board its 1 and 1/2 pounds but on this site its a pound for a specimen dab


Continued with a very successful evening with dabs and the remainder of the other species.

On the last cast reeled in a sorta lemon sole small. The whole of the evening which was absolutely brill even if 1 of our rods was broken. Great fishing but not great weather elements

[trout hunter jnr]

Just bringing this back up.

[eric]

no lemon sole there mate, your specimen dab is also a flounder

[trout hunter]

eric MATE first of all it was a dab all be it is a long way off specimen second we astually got four sole my son only took a few pics cos we were catchin so many fish he loves puttin reports up on this yoke he is only thirteen and just started fishin and will make mistakes unlike some but f rom now on he will only put up pics and the experts can tell him what they are cheers MATE

[eyesreilly]

eric MATE first of all it was a dab all be it is a long way off specimen second we astually got four sole my son only took a few pics cos we were catchin so many fish he loves puttin reports up on this yoke he is only thirteen and just started fishin and will make mistakes unlike some but f rom now on he will only put up pics and the experts can tell him what they are cheers MATE

The young lad is doing very well in the fishing , well done and i enjoy his reports. I was always ,and still am, glad to get advice and have got lots of fish identified for me by the lads on the site.Dont take the advice the wrong way ,not everyone would realise he's a young lad, and anyways from what ive read of his reports he's very knowlegable and loves his fishing Keep it up

[masterkeane]

eric MATE first of all it was a dab all be it is a long way off specimen second we astually got four sole my son only took a few pics cos we were catchin so many fish he loves puttin reports up on this yoke he is only thirteen and just started fishin and will make mistakes unlike some but f rom now on he will only put up pics and the experts can tell him what they are cheers MATE

With all do respect mate whoever put up the report also said at the end "Please let me know about the specimen sizes and the attached photo of the lemon sole" ... and as eric is infact an expert on flat fish im sure he ment no wrong and was purely advising ur son for his own benefit .. and fair play to him too by the way it sounds like you's had a great session

[eric]

eric MATE first of all it was a dab all be it is a long way off specimen second we astually got four sole my son only took a few pics cos we were catchin so many fish he loves puttin reports up on this yoke he is only thirteen and just started fishin and will make mistakes unlike some but f rom now on he will only put up pics and the experts can tell him what they are cheers MATE

ok


just to be sure, the fish on the chopping board is a flounder, i thought thats what he meant by the specimen dabs. lemon soles are very rare, ok super rare. its easy to see how an novice could mistake one for a dab

http://www.dalyanseafood.com/images/lemon%20sole.jpg

[bigsod]

Choping board pic is a flounder and none of the other fish are sole, lads better off knowing than burying your heads in the sand hope no offence is taken as none is meant,eric can come accross as abrasive but hes a pussycat realy

[trout hunter jnr]

Lads maybe its the quality of the pic or something but its definitely a dab. The sand on it may look like the black marks of a flounder Thanks lads will edit my report

[eric]

Lads maybe its the quality of the pic or something but its definitely a dab. The sand on it may look like the black marks of a flounder Thanks lads will edit my report

unfrtunatley the fish on the chopping board is definitely a flounder, a good weay to tell them apart is to rub your finger backwards along their back. a dabs skin is rough rubbed this way whereas a flounders in smooth. also the lateral line of a dab takes a sharp semi circle turn around the pelelvic fin, a flounders does not. it a nice sized flounder though

[round_ourway]

nice fishing session fella. plenty of fish to boot.. well done

[trout hunter jnr]

Lads maybe its the quality of the pic or something but its definitely a dab. The sand on it may look like the black marks of a flounder Thanks lads will edit my report

unfrtunatley the fish on the chopping board is definitely a flounder, a good weay to tell them apart is to rub your finger backwards along their back. a dabs skin is rough rubbed this way whereas a flounders in smooth. also the lateral line of a dab takes a sharp semi circle turn around the pelelvic fin, a flounders does not. it a nice sized flounder though

Well I always just went by if its a mix of orange spots and a small shade of black its a dab but a flounder has only black markings. I'm sorry Eric but I'm still certain its a dab but will let you know when we eat it Theres more of a fishy taste off the flounder than the dab me da finds. Personnally I'm not a fan of either I'm more a bass or cod fan

[trout hunter jnr]

nice fishing session fella. plenty of fish to boot.. well done

Thanks man

[eric]

colouration is a not an accurate way to distinguish flatfish, dabs are usually always baige with small pale orange spot, whereas a flounder can be light baige to dark brown in colouration, they can have orange spot and balck blotching. the underside of the fish is also a good indicatator, dabs tend to be see through white, a flunder is usaully mate white.

heres a few links to help you distinguish between species, and enjoy the fish

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... ounder+dab

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... ounder+dab

[trout hunter jnr]

Lads maybe its the quality of the pic or something but its definitely a dab. The sand on it may look like the black marks of a flounder Thanks lads will edit my report

unfrtunatley the fish on the chopping board is definitely a flounder, a good weay to tell them apart is to rub your finger backwards along their back. a dabs skin is rough rubbed this way whereas a flounders in smooth. also the lateral line of a dab takes a sharp semi circle turn around the pelelvic fin, a flounders does not. it a nice sized flounder though

Well I always just went by if its a mix of orange spots and a small shade of black its a dab but a flounder has only black markings. I'm sorry Eric but I'm still certain its a dab but will let you know when we eat it Theres more of a fishy taste off the flounder than the dab me da finds. Personnally I'm not a fan of either I'm more a Bass or cod fan

Eh well this fish also has a roughy line along its front if you know what I mean. Look I'll try and get me da to eat a dab and flounder for dinner he'll know the difference tastewise

[eric]

yep, thats a rige of nodules that run along its lateral line, its synonimous with a flounder, a dab doesnt have them but its skin is rough all over when rubbed backwards

[trout hunter jnr]

OK well like I said wait 'til his next fishy dinner

[bigsod]

If thats a dab ill eat a mars bar with one lof rodger the dodgers 5/0 cod rigs in it

[trout hunter]

If thats a dab ill eat a mars bar with one lof rodger the dodgers 5/0 cod rigs in it

id say ya should start to cut down on the mars bars and not be makin excusses to eat them

[trout hunter jnr]

Bigsod I'd say you're safe with that bet as in its not aflounder dont know bout your mans rigs